AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Sevin Rosen announced today the addition of Jerry Bowerman, former Vice President and COO of Electronic Arts Canada, as their latest Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR). Working in Sevin Rosen's Austin office, Bowerman will draw upon his decade of consumer gaming industry experience to pursue new business opportunities in the areas of user- generated content and consumer gaming. As an EIR, Bowerman works with the Sevin Rosen partners on evaluating new markets and identifying new, early- stage investment opportunities for the firm.

Jerry joins Sevin Rosen from Electronic Arts Canada where he served as the Chief Operating Officer. As COO, Bowerman had an instrumental role in creating the largest single studio in the world with more than 1,500 employees and over $1 billion in revenue. He also overhauled the entire development process which led to the best on-time delivery of any EA studio at scale. Jerry is credited with the development of some of the industry's biggest hits, including Need for Speed Underground, Phantasmagoria, King's Quest and Police Quest.

Prior to his current position of COO, Bowerman served as EA Canada's Vice President of Development in EA's Driving Business Unit. There he crafted and executed a plan to grow EA's market share in the driving game genre by more than 30%. Prior to that, Jerry combined his Internet and gaming experience to develop and launch Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO's) games for EA.

"Jerry Bowerman is a name that is well-recognized and respected within the gaming industry. We are very happy to have him on board," said General Partner Al Schuele.

Prior to EA, Bowerman co-founded Sentire, a company which monitored the health of the Internet backbone in real-time. Before that, Bowerman co-founded WorldStream Communications, where he was responsible for designing and building a nationwide network for streaming multimedia presentations over the Internet. Bowerman has also held numerous executive titles at Sierra Online where he led the development of some of the company's greatest hits. Bowerman lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and two sons.

Sevin Rosen Funds is a top-tier venture capital firm with a record of funding successful companies since 1981. The SRF partnership has consistently made early-stage investments in pioneering technologies and companies with the potential to create new markets. The partners' broad range of venture and operating experiences in successful technology companies translates into a sustained commitment and contribution to the development of the ventures funded. The firm has offices in Dallas, Palo Alto and Austin. For more information, please visit
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